Roman Povazhny

Roman Alexandrovich Povazhny (Russian: Поважный, Роман Александрович; born October 23, 1976 ) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider and a former champion of Russia. He earned 21 caps for the Russia national speedway team.

Career Povazhny won the Russian national championship in 2001.

Povazhny started his British leagues career with Eastbourne Eagles and would ride with them for four seasons in 1999, 2001, 2004 and 2007. Inbetween, he rode for Oxford Cheetahs during the 2000 season.

Povazhny gained Polish citizenship in 2004 and retired in 2013.

Speedway Grand Prix results

Career details

World Championships Individual World Championship (Speedway Grand Prix) 2003 - 29th place (6 points in 2 GPs) 2005 - 25th place (4 points in 1 GP) Individual Under-21 World Championship 1997 - Mšeno - 4th place (10 points) Team World Championship (Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup) 1993 - 3rd place in Group D for (13 points) 1993 - started in Group B only (4 points) 1997 - Piła - 6th place (7 points) 1998 - 3rd place in Group A (12 points) 2000 - 3rd place in Quarter-Final 1 (13 points) 2001 - 8th place (5 points in Race-Off) 2002 - 9th place (8 points in Event 3) 2003 - 8th place (8 points in Race-Off) 2007 - started in Qualifying Round 2 only (12 points)

Note: In 1993 he started for Slovenia

European Championships Individual European Championship 2001 - Heusden Zolder - 7th place (8 points) 2002 - Rybnik - 6th place (9 points) European Pairs Championship 2008 - Natschbach-Loipersbach - Bronze medal (8 points) European Club Champions' Cup 1998 - started in Group A only (15 points) 2004 - Ljubljana - Silver medal for Mega-Lada Togliatti (16 points) 2009 - Toruń - 3rd place (5 pts) Vladivostok

Domestic competitions Individual Polish Championship 2008 - 6th place in Semi-Final 2 Polish Golden Helmet 2008 - Wrocław - 5th place (8 points)